JP2000170406A - Car transportation system by railroad - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a car transportation system by railroad whereby a user can deliver a car to a departure station at arbitrary time before departure of a train, can move to a destination by arbitrary method at arbitrary time, and can receive the car at arbitrary time after arrival of the train. SOLUTION: A car transportation system by railroad is provided with a parking device 2 at least two stations of a railroad for transporting cars 1. The parking device 2 is provided with equipment for inputting and outputting the cars 1 and a car 1 delivery device 4 between the parking device and a freight car 3 for transporting the cars 1. After the cars 1 to be transported by the railroad are input into the parking device 2 of a departure station, the cars 1 are loaded on the freight car 3 came into rails by the car delivery device 4, transported by the railroad, and retrieved by the car delivery device 4 of the parking device 2 at an arrival station and stored. Thus, when the user of the car 1 comes to the parking device 2 at the arrival station to receive the car, the stored car 1 is output.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automobile transportation system by a railway in which an automobile transportation railway and a parking device are integrated.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a system for transporting automobiles by rail and receiving the automobiles at a target station, there is a system implemented as a car train. FIG. 13 shows a car transportation system using a car train. The user drives the car to be transported and goes to the departure or stop station of the automobile transport railway, where he gets off the car. Then, the car is mounted on a wagon by a forklift or the like, and the user gets on a passenger car connected to the wagon and travels with the car to a destination station.
At the destination station, the driver receives a car dropped off from a freight car by a forklift or the like, and gets on the car.

[0003]

The user must get into the departure station by car according to the departure time of the train at the departure station, which is time-bound. In addition, they must move on a train that transports cars, and they are restrained inside the train for a long time. Especially with the development of air transport, passengers do not like traveling for a long time by train.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. That is, the object of the present invention is:
A train that allows the user to transfer the car to the departure station at any time before the train departure, move to the destination at any time by any method, and go to get the car at any time after the train arrives To provide a vehicle transportation system.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided an automobile transportation system by rail, in which parking devices are provided at at least two stations of a railroad for transporting automobiles. The parking device has a facility for taking in and out of the car, and has a delivery device for the car between the car and the freight car for transporting the car. The vehicle is mounted on the vehicle by the vehicle delivery device, transported by rail, pulled out and stored in the parking device at the arrival station by the vehicle delivery device, and when the user of the vehicle comes to pick up the parking device at the arrival station. Leave the stored car out.

[0006] With this configuration, after the user hands over the car to the parking device at the departure point, the vehicle is stored by the parking device until the train enters, and when the user enters, the vehicle is mounted on the train using the delivery device and transported to the destination. You. The parking device at the destination station uses a transfer device from the train on which the train has entered, and unloads the car and stores it in the parking device. With such a system, the user can park the car in the parking device at the departure place at any time before the train departs. Further, the user can move to the destination by an arbitrary method such as an airplane. Cars can be picked up at the destination at any time as long as they arrive after the train arrives. As described above, the user is not restricted by the time or the moving method, and the time can be effectively used. In addition, since the parking device can also store vehicles that are not transported by rail, it can be used as a general parking device by utilizing the advantageous location conditions in front of the station.

In the invention according to claim 2, the delivery device of the vehicle uses the same device as the vehicle moving device of the parking device, and when the parking device uses a device that moves the vehicle on a pallet, It has a moving device, a pallet moving device is also provided on the wagon, and the car is mounted on the freight car together with the pallet, and is pulled out together with the pallet upon arrival.

In the parking device, a car is placed on a pallet,
There are devices that move this pallet. When such a parking device is used, the transfer device between the parking device and the freight car is a device capable of moving the pallet, and the freight car is also provided with a pallet moving device such as a pallet moving rail or roller, and the pallet on which the automobile is mounted is provided. Load the freight cars, drop the pallet and the car at the destination station and store them in the parking device. This allows the parking device and the wagon to function as an integrated device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the vehicle delivery device uses the same device as the vehicle moving device of the parking device, and has a conveyor when the parking device uses a device that moves the vehicle by a conveyor. Then, a conveyor is also set up on the wagons, and it moves with the car mounted on the conveyor of the wagons,
After arriving, it is drawn out by the conveyor of the wagon and the conveyor of the delivery device.

As a parking device, there is a device of a type in which a conveyor is provided in the device and an automobile is moved by the conveyor. When such a parking device is used, the delivery device between the parking device and the wagons is a conveyor, a conveyor is also provided for the wagons, the car is loaded on the wagons by this conveyor, and the car is unloaded at the destination station and parked. Store in device. This allows the parking device and the wagon to function as an integrated device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the vehicle delivery device is provided between a parking device and a railroad track.
The vehicle moves along the railroad to transfer the car between the wagon and the parking device.

As described above, since the delivery device moves along the wagon, the delivery of the vehicle between the wagon and the parking device can be performed without moving the wagon. This facilitates the delivery work and can be performed in a short time.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the vehicle delivery device is fixedly provided between the parking device and the wagon track, and moves the wagon to deliver the vehicle between the delivery device and the wagon. It is supposed to.

[0014] In some cases, it is convenient to arrange the delivery device fixedly at an appropriate position in the parking device, move the freight car, and deliver the vehicle between the delivery device and the freight car. In some cases.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, common members are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an automobile transportation system by rail according to the present invention. Parking equipment will be installed along the rails at railway stations that transport cars. This parking device is the same as a general parking device except that a device for transferring a freight car and a vehicle for transporting a vehicle is provided, and is also used as a parking device for a vehicle that does not transport by rail.

This transportation system operates as follows. The user parks the car in the parking device at the departure station before the departure of the car transport train carrying the car. The user then departs by any means, such as an airplane, on the same day or the next day, so as to arrive after the train arrives, taking into account the time of arrival of the car transport train at the destination station. At the departure station's parking device, the car with the same destination as the destination of the freight car is taken out of the parking rack for the car transportation wagon that enters the railroad along the parking device at the departure time, and the delivery device with the wagon is installed. To be mounted on a wagon. A car transport train equipped with a car departs according to a timetable, and at a destination station, moves a car from a freight car to a parking device via a freight car transfer device and stores it in a parking shelf. The user goes to the parking device at the arrival station after the arrival time of the car transport train, and leaves the car.

The transportation system has the following advantages. Entry / exit to / from the parking device and delivery of the vehicle between the parking device and the freight car can be substantially automated by using the automatic function of the parking device, and the working time is reduced. For the user, the entry and exit is performed by the parking device, so that it is the same as the entrance and exit of the normal mechanical parking device, and there is no uncomfortable feeling. After parking the car in the parking device at the departure station, the user can go to the parking device at the destination by any means of transportation at any time considering the arrival time. You can move. Using a parking device provided at the station on the way, the car can be transshipped to another train. It can be used for long-distance travel of electric vehicles. A charging service while the train is moving will also be possible. Since the parking device is a normal parking device, it can be used as a parking device for general automobiles that do not transport by rail, taking advantage of the location conditions in front of the station.

Hereinafter, a parking device and a delivery device for a freight car will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a device that transfers a car between a parking device and a freight car. The parking device 2 is a general mechanical parking device, and is arranged along the railroad rail 11 so that vehicles can be transferred to and from a freight car. A case in which the car 1 is moved on a pallet 5 as a parking device will be described. In the parking device 2, parking shelves 7 are provided on left and right sides of a passage through which a cart 8 passes. When the pallet 5 is laterally fed to the parking shelf 7 (the lateral direction is the width direction of the vehicle 1 and the vertical direction is the length direction of the vehicle 1), the transverse rail 9 on which wheels provided on the lower surface of the pallet run.
Is provided. .

The carriage 8 includes a traversing rail 9 and a lateral moving device 10.
Is provided. The lateral moving device 10 is a revolving arm provided with a roller at the tip.
It is a device to move horizontally along. A parking space 6 is provided on a side surface of the parking device 2. The entry / exit space 6 is also provided with a traverse rail 9 and a lateral moving device 10 on which a pallet 5 is mounted. When the vehicle 1 enters the pallet 5, the lateral moving device 10 is operated to activate the vehicle 1 The pallet 5 is moved laterally into the parking device 2, and the actual vehicle pallet 5 in the parking device 2 is moved onto the loading / unloading space 6 and discharged.

A traversing rail 9 is also provided at a position where the automobile 1 of the wagon 3 for transporting the automobile 1 is mounted. Freight car 3
A delivery device 4 is provided between the railroad rail 11 on which the vehicle travels and the parking device 2. The delivery device 4 travels on a delivery device rail 12 provided in parallel with the railroad rail 11, and a traverse rail 9 and a lateral movement device 10 are provided at the top, and an actual vehicle pallet is provided between the wagon 3 and the parking device 2. Hand over 5 Although the parking device 2 indicates the first floor, the parking shelves 7
Are provided over a number of floors, and each floor is connected by a lifting device (not shown) so that the car 1 can be stored in and taken out of a parking shelf 7 on each floor.

With this configuration, the automobile 1 that has entered the entry / exit space 6 is stored in the parking shelf 7 and can be mounted on the wagon 3 by the delivery device 4 when the wagon 3 arrives. In addition, after the actual car pallet 5 is moved from the wagon 3 to the parking shelf 7 by the transfer device 4 and stored, it can be taken out of the entry / exit space 6. Further, it can be used as a general parking device 2.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing details of the delivery device 4.
FIG. 4 is a view taken along the line XX in FIG. The delivery device 4 is a delivery device rail 12 laid in parallel with the railway rail 11.
A trolley running on top and a traversing rail 9 provided on the top
And a lateral moving device 10. When the roller at the tip of the turning arm of the lateral moving device 10 is turned into a groove provided on the side surface of the pallet 5 and turned, the pallet 5 moves along the traversing rail 9 and can move laterally. When the delivery of the pallet 5 is performed between the parking device 2 and the delivery device 4, the delivery device 4 is placed so that the traversing rails 9 of both pallets coincide with each other.
Move sideways. Similarly, when the delivery of the pallet 5 between the wagon 3 and the delivery device 4 is performed, the delivery device 4 is moved laterally so that the traversing rails 9 of both pallets coincide.

Next, the delivery device 4 in the case where the parking device 2 uses rollers for laterally moving the pallet 5 will be described. FIG.
FIG. 6 is a plan view showing details of the delivery device 4, and FIG.
It is an X arrow view. The rollers 13 are provided with a number of rollers on the traversing rail 9 shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, thereby eliminating wheels provided on the lower portion of the pallet 5. The roller 13 is provided at the position where the pallet 5 of the wagon 3 is mounted and at the top of the transfer device 4 as in the case of the traversing rail 9. The roller 13 is provided on the lower surface of the pallet 5.
A guide rail is provided in the width direction (lateral direction) along the roller 13 at the position where the pallet 5 hits, and the pallet 5 moves in the horizontal direction along the guide rail when the turning arm turns.
The delivery operation is the same as in the case of the traversing rail 9.

Next, the delivery device 4 in the case where the parking device 2 uses a roller with a driving device for laterally moving the pallet 5 will be described. FIG. 7 is a plan view showing details of the delivery device 4, and FIG. 8 is a view taken along line XX of FIG. The roller 13a with a drive device rotates the roller shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, thereby eliminating the wheel provided at the lower part of the pallet 5. Further, the lateral moving device 10 is unnecessary. The roller 13 a with a drive device is provided at the position where the pallet 5 of the wagon 3 is mounted and at the top of the transfer device 4 as in the case of the traversing rail 9. The delivery operation is the same as in the case of the traversing rail 9.

Next, a case where the parking device 2 uses the belt conveyor 14 for the lateral movement of the automobile 1 will be described. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a device 4 for transferring the automobile 1 between the parking device 2 and the freight car 3 when a belt conveyor 14 is used. This apparatus is the same as the apparatus shown in FIG. 2 in which the traverse rail 9 is replaced by a belt conveyor 14 and the lateral moving device 10 and the pallet 5 are eliminated. In this apparatus, the pallet 5 is not used because the automobile 1 moves directly on the belt conveyor 14 and moves.

FIG. 10 shows that the parking device 2 is a belt conveyor 14.
Plan view showing details of the delivery device 4 when using
FIG. 11 is a view taken in the direction of arrows XX in FIG. The belt conveyor 14 is provided with the pallet 5 of the wagon 3 as in the case of the traversing rail 9.
And at the top of the delivery device 4. The delivery operation of the car 1 is the same as that of the traversing rail 9 shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 shows a case where a fixed delivery device is used. In FIGS. 2 and 9, the delivery device 4 is movable, but in the device shown in FIG. 12, the delivery device 4 is fixed to the parking device 2 and the freight car 3 is moved to After positioning, the car 1 is moved between the freight car 3 and the delivery device 4.
Hand over. Although FIG. 12 shows a case in which the delivery device 4 uses the lateral moving device 10, the present invention can also be applied to a case in which the belt conveyor 14 is used as shown in FIG.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. The parking device 2 may be of any type as long as it is a mechanical type, provided that a delivery device is provided between the freight car 3 and the car 1 can be delivered between the wagon 3 and the parking device 2.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, loading and unloading of an automobile can be automated by integrating the automobile transport railway and the parking device, and the working time can be shortened. In addition, since the user simply moves the car into and out of the parking device, there is no sense of incompatibility with the use of this system. In addition, the user can go to the destination at any time and by any means, so that the system is easy to use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an automobile transportation system by rail according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a parking device, a freight car, and a delivery device when a pallet type parking device is used.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a delivery device when a traversing rail is used for lateral movement of an automobile.

FIG. 4 is a view taken in the direction of arrows XX in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a detailed view of a delivery device when a roller is used for lateral movement of an automobile.

FIG. 6 is a view as viewed in the direction of arrows XX in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a detailed view of a delivery device when a roller with a drive device is used for lateral movement of an automobile.

8 is a view as viewed in the direction of arrows XX in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a parking device, a freight car, and a delivery device when a belt conveyor type parking device is used.

FIG. 10 is a detailed view of a delivery device when a belt conveyor is used for lateral movement of an automobile.

11 is a view as viewed in the direction of arrows XX in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a case where a fixed delivery device is used.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional automobile transport system by rail.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automobile 2 Parking device 3 Freight wagon 4 Delivery device 5 Pallet 6 Entry / exit space 7 Parking shelf 8 Truck 9 Traversing rail 10 Lateral moving device 11 Railroad rail 12 Delivery device rail 13 Roller 13a Roller with drive 14 Belt conveyor

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takashi Kambayashi F-term (reference) 3F022 EE02 HH13 KK16 LL11 LL12 MM03 MM11 in Ishikawajima Transportation Machinery Co., Ltd. 6-4 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An automobile transport system by rail, wherein a parking device is provided at at least two stations of a railway for transporting automobiles, wherein the parking device has a facility for taking in and out of the automobile and transports the automobile. A car delivery device is provided between the freight car and a car to be transported by rail, and after the car to be transported by rail is stored in the parking device at the departure station, the car is loaded onto the incoming wagon by the car delivery device, and the train is transported by rail to the arrival station. A vehicle transported by railway, wherein the vehicle is pulled out and stored in the parking device of the vehicle by the vehicle delivery device and stored when the user of the vehicle comes to pick up the parking device at the arrival station. system. 2. The vehicle delivery device uses the same device as the vehicle moving device of the parking device, and has a pallet moving device when the parking device uses a device that moves the vehicle on a pallet. 2. The vehicle transport system according to claim 1, wherein a pallet moving device is also provided on the wagon, and the automobile is mounted on the wagon together with the pallet, and is pulled out together with the pallet upon arrival. 3. The delivery device of the vehicle uses the same device as the vehicle moving device of the parking device. When the parking device uses a device that moves the vehicle by a conveyor, the vehicle has a conveyor, and also has a freight car. 2. The vehicle transportation system according to claim 1, wherein a conveyor is provided, the vehicle is moved with the vehicle mounted on the conveyor of the freight car, and is pulled out by the conveyor of the freight car and the conveyor of the delivery device upon arrival. 4. The vehicle delivery device is provided between a parking device and a railroad track, and moves along the railroad to transfer the vehicle between the wagon and the parking device. The automobile transportation system by rail according to claim 2 or 3, wherein: 5. The vehicle delivery device is fixedly provided between a parking device and a railroad track, and is configured to move the wagon and deliver the vehicle between the delivery device and the wagon. The automobile transportation system by rail according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the vehicle is transported.